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Charmouth - Fog Hunter - Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Charmouth, England, United Kingdom

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread1.8°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity89%
Wind Speed2.5m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Europe/London

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies when mist and fog conditions create atmospheric photography opportunities across Dorset's varied landscape. We track temperature, humidity, and wind patterns to predict when valley mist at Corfe Castle and sea fog along the coast will create moody, atmospheric scenes.

Dorset's geography creates distinctive fog opportunities—inland valleys that funnel mist around hilltop Corfe Castle, and coastal locations where sea fog rolls over limestone arches and cliff formations. These conditions transform familiar landmarks into mysterious, layered compositions.

What makes Dorset special for fog photography:

  • Corfe Castle - Ruined hilltop fortress emerges from valley mist, creating dramatic atmospheric layers
  • Coastal sea fog - Marine layer rolls over Durdle Door and along the Jurassic Coast
  • Kimmeridge Bay - Fog drifts across ledge formations extending into the sea
  • Portland - Sea fog wraps around the limestone peninsula and lighthouse

Corfe Castle offers Dorset's most dramatic fog photography—the ruined medieval fortress perched on a hilltop becomes even more evocative when valley mist swirls around its ramparts. Autumn and winter mornings (October-March) provide the best conditions when temperature inversions trap mist in the Purbeck valleys. Sea fog along the coast creates ethereal conditions at Durdle Door—the limestone arch appears and disappears through drifting layers. Portland Bill lighthouse cutting through sea fog creates moody maritime compositions. Lulworth Cove's horseshoe bay can fill completely with fog while surrounding cliffs remain visible. The key is monitoring overnight temperature drops that create mist, then being positioned at dawn when fog is densest and first light adds dimension. Fog typically burns off by mid-morning, so early starts are essential.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
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Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
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How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fog Probability mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Europe/London
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Solar Elevation
°
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:56
02:00 ☾
79% 8.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm -31° 10°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.5m/s
03:00 ☾
59% 8.6°C 0mm 91% 0cm -27° 10°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.8m/s
04:00 ☾
39% 8.4°C 0mm 91% 0cm -22° 9.8°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
27% 8.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm -14° 9.7°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 3m/s
06:00 ☾
15% 8.3°C 0mm 93% 0cm -5.4° 9.4°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 2.4m/s
07:00
3% 8.1°C 0mm 91% 0cm 4° 9.5°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 8.7m/s 3.3m/s
08:00
2% 7.8°C 0mm 87% 0cm 13° 9.8°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24134m 7.5m/s 3m/s
09:00
1% 7.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm 23° 11°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 6.4m/s 3.3m/s
10:00
0% 7.6°C 0mm 76% 0cm 31° 12°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 8.6m/s 5.5m/s
11:00
0% 8.2°C 0mm 76% 0cm 39° 12°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 8.1m/s 5.7m/s
12:00
0% 10°C 0mm 82% 0cm 44° 13°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 6.3m/s
13:00
0% 9.4°C 0mm 85% 0cm 47° 12°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 24135m 9.9m/s 7.5m/s
14:00
0% 6.3°C 0mm 74% 0cm 46° 11°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 10m/s 6.7m/s
15:00
0% 6.1°C 0mm 72% 0cm 42° 11°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24134m 11m/s 7.5m/s
16:00
0% 5.3°C 0mm 72% 0cm 35° 10°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.4m/s
17:00
0% 5.2°C 0mm 72% 0cm 27° 10°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 11m/s 7.7m/s
18:00
0% 5.2°C 0mm 77% 0cm 18° 9.1°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 11m/s 7.4m/s
19:00
0% 4.1°C 0mm 76% 0cm 8.2° 8°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24135m 12m/s 7.9m/s
20:00 ☾
5% 2.3°C 0mm 72% 0cm -1° 7°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 13m/s 8.2m/s
21:00 ☾
11% 1.4°C 0mm 70% 0cm -10° 6.5°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 13m/s 7.7m/s
22:00 ☾
16% 1.3°C 0mm 70% 0cm -18° 6.3°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 13m/s 8.2m/s
23:00 ☾
11% 1.1°C 0mm 72% 0cm -25° 5.9°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 11m/s 6.5m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:56
24:00 ☾
7% 0.7°C 0mm 71% 0cm -29° 5.5°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 11m/s 4.8m/s
01:00 ☾
2% -0.2°C 0mm 64% 0cm -31° 6°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.4m/s
02:00 ☾
1% -0.6°C 0mm 62% 0cm -30° 6.1°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 9.1m/s 4.8m/s
03:00 ☾
1% -0.7°C 0mm 62% 0cm -27° 5.9°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 7.8m/s 3.7m/s
04:00 ☾
0% -0.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -21° 5.3°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
0% -0.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -14° 5.3°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
06:00 ☾
0% -1.2°C 0mm 64% 0cm -5° 5.1°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.9m/s
07:00
0% -0.6°C 0.01mm 66% 0cm 4.3° 5.2°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 0.62m/s 0.5m/s
08:00
0% -0.3°C 0mm 66% 0cm 14° 5.5°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24134m 0.51m/s 0.48m/s
09:00
0% -0.2°C 0mm 65% 0cm 23° 5.8°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
10:00
0% 0.2°C 0mm 65% 0cm 32° 6.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.4m/s
11:00
0% 0.6°C 0mm 65% 0cm 39° 6.7°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
0% 1.2°C 0mm 66% 0cm 45° 7°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 6.2m/s 4.9m/s
13:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 68% 0cm 47° 7.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 7m/s 6m/s
14:00
0% 2.7°C 0.19mm 73% 0cm 46° 7.1°C 0.06mm 0.27kPa 23197m 7m/s 6.2m/s
15:00
0% 4.2°C 1.1mm 88% 0cm 42° 6°C 0.81mm 0.11kPa 10300m 6.5m/s 5.5m/s
16:00
0% 4.7°C 0.25mm 92% 0cm 35° 5.9°C 1.4mm 0.07kPa 22416m 5.5m/s 5m/s
17:00
0% 4.8°C 0.05mm 91% 0cm 27° 6.1°C 1.8mm 0.08kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 4.8m/s
18:00
0% 5°C 0mm 91% 0cm 18° 6.4°C 1.8mm 0.08kPa 24135m 9.4m/s 6.9m/s
19:00
0% 5.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 8.4° 6.7°C 1.8mm 0.1kPa 24135m 13m/s 8.5m/s
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0% 5.5°C 0mm 89% 0cm -0.72° 7.3°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 14m/s 9.4m/s
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0% 5.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm -9.9° 7.7°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 16m/s 11m/s
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0% 6°C 0mm 86% 0cm -18° 8.2°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 18m/s 11m/s
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0% 7.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm -24° 9°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 17m/s 11m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:58
24:00 ☾
0% 7.8°C 0mm 90% 0cm -29° 9.4°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 16m/s 9.5m/s
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0% 7.6°C 0mm 88% 0cm -31° 9.4°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 15m/s 8.4m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 8.3°C 0.05mm 92% 0cm -30° 9.5°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 16m/s 9m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 8.8°C 0.42mm 93% 0cm -27° 9.9°C 0.19mm 0.08kPa 17679m 15m/s 8.9m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 8.3°C 0.21mm 93% 0cm -21° 9.4°C 0.75mm 0.08kPa 23073m 11m/s 8.2m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 5.9°C 0.47mm 93% 0cm -13° 7°C 1.1mm 0.07kPa 16802m 11m/s 6.3m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 3.8°C 0.31mm 84% 0cm -4.7° 6.3°C 1.4mm 0.15kPa 22655m 12m/s 6.8m/s
07:00
0% 3.3°C 0mm 82% 0cm 4.6° 6.2°C 1.5mm 0.17kPa 24135m 11m/s 5.9m/s
08:00
0% 3.3°C 0mm 76% 0cm 14° 7.3°C 1mm 0.25kPa 23705m 13m/s 8.3m/s
09:00
0% 3.1°C 0mm 70% 0cm 23° 8.3°C 0.54mm 0.33kPa 23275m 15m/s 11m/s
10:00
0% 2.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm 32° 9.4°C 0.06mm 0.43kPa 22844m 17m/s 13m/s
11:00
0% 3.5°C 0.01mm 67% 0cm 40° 9.3°C 0.21mm 0.38kPa 23275m 17m/s 14m/s
12:00
1% 4.2°C 0.03mm 71% 0cm 45° 9.1°C 0.35mm 0.33kPa 23705m 18m/s 14m/s
13:00
1% 4.8°C 0.04mm 75% 0cm 48° 9°C 0.5mm 0.29kPa 24135m 18m/s 15m/s
14:00
19% 4.9°C 0.03mm 75% 0cm 47° 9.1°C 0.4mm 0.29kPa 24135m 17m/s 14m/s
15:00
38% 5.1°C 0.02mm 75% 0cm 42° 9.2°C 0.29mm 0.29kPa 24135m 17m/s 14m/s
16:00
56% 5.2°C 0.01mm 76% 0cm 35° 9.3°C 0.19mm 0.29kPa 24135m 16m/s 14m/s
17:00
59% 5.3°C 0.007mm 76% 0cm 27° 9.3°C 0.27mm 0.28kPa 23726m 17m/s 14m/s
18:00
61% 5.4°C 0.003mm 77% 0cm 18° 9.2°C 0.35mm 0.27kPa 23316m 17m/s 14m/s
19:00
64% 5.6°C 0mm 78% 0cm 8.7° 9.2°C 0.44mm 0.26kPa 22907m 17m/s 14m/s
20:00
67% 5.5°C 0mm 78% 0cm -0.37° 9.1°C 0.42mm 0.25kPa 21260m 17m/s 14m/s
21:00 ☾
69% 5.5°C 0mm 78% 0cm -9.6° 9.1°C 0.4mm 0.25kPa 19614m 17m/s 14m/s
22:00 ☾
72% 5.5°C 0mm 79% 0cm -18° 9°C 0.38mm 0.25kPa 17967m 18m/s 15m/s
23:00 ☾
72% 5.6°C 0.02mm 79% 0cm -24° 9°C 0.56mm 0.24kPa 18918m 17m/s 15m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 20:00
24:00 ☾
72% 5.7°C 0.05mm 79% 0cm -29° 9.1°C 0.75mm 0.24kPa 19868m 17m/s 15m/s
01:00 ☾
72% 5.8°C 0.07mm 80% 0cm -31° 9.1°C 0.94mm 0.23kPa 20819m 17m/s 15m/s
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